This paper summarizes and evaluates the prevalence and efficacy of data center virtualization deployments, as well as the hardware that supports them. The conclusions drawn from this report are based on analysis of both quantitative market research and two qualitative interviews with a CIO and CTO in healthcare and finance, respectively. Each customer, referred to ESG by Hewlett-Packard (HP), had extensive experience deploying both server and desktop virtualization. The goal of the study was to determine the IT and business drivers to adoption of virtualization technologies, the expected and realized benefits, ensuing infrastructure decisions, future outlook of the data center, and best practices for deployment.

This paper examines how seven enterprise and midsize companies spanning the equipment rental, healthcare, retail, research, and telecommunications (service provider) industries were able to reduce their annual IT cost to deliver compute services by 58% by migrating to a blade platform.

This paper summarizes and evaluates the prevalence and efficacy of data center virtualization deployments, as well as the hardware that supports them. The conclusions drawn from this report are based on analysis of both quantitative market research and two qualitative interviews with a CIO and CTO in healthcare and finance, respectively. Each customer, referred to ESG by Hewlett-Packard (HP), had extensive experience deploying both server and desktop virtualization. The goal of the study was to determine the IT and business drivers to adoption of virtual technologies, the expected and realized benefits, ensuing infrastructure decisions,future outlook of the data center, and best practices for deployment.

We live in an era in which customers expect perfection from their service providers. With competitors only a click (or tap) away, companies have a strong incentive to deliver flawless operations. Online retailers have “set a high bar” in the way they engage customers throughout the entire sales process—not just during the commercial transaction, but before, during and after the transaction. Your operations must be seamless, because individuals enjoy an interconnected and ubiquitous experience. And your operations must be insightful, because every personal and professional interaction is targeted and relevant. A Smarter Process approach helps you to reinvent business operations in the era of the customer.

In this 30-minute webinar, time and attendance leader nettime solutions will first break down the essentials of the healthcare law, and then dive into the ACA software module available in stratustime that will simplify your ACA compliance and ensure your team can focus on the objectives that matter most in your organization.

Given the wide range of technology options available, it's important for healthcare IT executives to pick the right image management technology and approach for a long-term sustainable solution delivering the desired performance and ROI. This whitepaper explores solutions for multi-layered neutrality, a standards-based framework for unifying medical images and clinical documents across the enterprise and community.

This study surveyed radiologists about inefficiencies in their workflows, revealing a number of shortcomings with the information technologies radiologists employ to review, interpret, and report diagnostic imaging examinations.

"You’re charged with much more than “benefits management.” You deliver programs that enable both your organization and your employees to successfully navigate the healthcare experience. Not easy, right?
This short guide explores the six highly effective strategies we’ve identified to help benefits leaders lower costs, improve outcomes and increase benefit satisfaction. "

In this report by Forrester Research, find out what 120 executives in the US with influence and decision-making responsibility regarding healthcare management do to manage costs and increase employee engagement.

Benefits engagement is low. But employees are already overwhelmed with emails, texts, instant messages and more. Castlight Health can help to break through the noise. Their health benefits platform engages employees in their benefits, provides the right information at the right time and helps employees make better healthcare decisions.

"DevOps – seeks to unify the traditionally separate worlds of application development and the operational functions that follow. Once unified, the process then loops back again to enable seamless iterations faster than ever before.
The theory of constraints teaches process planning and path of least resistance, yet IT lags most industries when integrating the entire process. This is where DevOps both finds its greatest challenge to adoption and, arguably, the greatest need for its revolutionary way of doing things. This InformationWeek special report outlines the current state of DevOps adoption and its impact on the Healthcare industry."

DevOps – seeks to unify the traditionally separate worlds of application development and the operational functions that follow. Once unified, the process then loops back again to enable seamless iterations faster than ever before.
The theory of constraints teaches process planning and path of least resistance, yet IT lags most industries when integrating the entire process. This is where DevOps both finds its greatest challenge to adoption and, arguably, the greatest need for its revolutionary way of doing things. This InformationWeek special report outlines the current state of DevOps adoption and its impact on the Healthcare industry.

DevOps – seeks to unify the traditionally separate worlds of application development and the operational functions that follow. Once unified, the process then loops back again to enable seamless iterations faster than ever before.
The theory of constraints teaches process planning and path of least resistance, yet IT lags most industries when integrating the entire process. This is where DevOps both finds its greatest challenge to adoption and, arguably, the greatest need for its revolutionary way of doing things. This InformationWeek special report outlines the current state of DevOps adoption and its impact on the Healthcare industry.

When four of its hospitals needed to transition from manual to automated temperature monitoring, Allina Health sought a solution that would meet its core requirements: timely alerts to problems and automatic data capture for compliance reporting requirements. Ultimately, it was also looking for an enterprise solution that could form the standard for its entire health system.
Read this case study to learn why Allina Health chose STANLEY Healthcare’s Wi-Fi-based AeroScout® Environmental Monitoring solution, including MobileView software, as its system-wide standard to build an enterprise foundation for asset tracking, environmental monitoring, and other RTLS capabilities.

State University of New York Upstate Medical University faces the same challenges as many other hospital organizations—increased pressure to improve efficiency and preserve capital.
Read this case study to learn how SUNY Upstate increases efficiency and reduces costs with STANLEY Healthcare’s AeroScout® Solutions, making every second and dollar count for patient care.

At more than 14 million words long, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a daunting piece of writing to tackle. Most of the act’s intricacies and complexities require a solid knowledge of several different lines of business, as ACA compliance touches finance, tax, legal, IT, benefits, and HR.

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In this webinar Black Duck Software (www.blackducksoftware.com), together with representatives of SAP, will review the benefits open source offers to development organizations, the management challenges it presents, and approaches for addressing those challenges.

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